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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2021

A Targeted Biopsy during Menstruation for the Definitive Diagnosis of Rectovaginal Endometriosis: A Report of Two Cases.

Kosuke Tanaka, Akiko Sasaki, Hideto Egashira, Shinichi Teshima, Karen Kimura, Takashi Nishino, Tomohiko Tazawa, Junichi Tasaki, Chikamasa Ichita, Sakue Masuda and 2 more

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kosuke TanakaGastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Akiko SasakiGastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Hideto EgashiraGastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Shinichi TeshimaDiagnostic Pathology, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Karen KimuraGastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Takashi NishinoGastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Tomohiko TazawaGastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Junichi TasakiGastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Chikamasa IchitaGastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Sakue MasudaGastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Kazuya KoizumiGastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Makoto KakoGastroenterology Medicine Center, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Japan.
Shonan Kamakura General Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We herein report the definitive diagnosis of rectovaginal endometriosis in two cases. Case 1 involved a 46-year-old woman with abdominal pain and hematochezia. The diagnosis after the first and second examinations using lower gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy was unclear. Differential diagnoses included mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue and colorectal cancer. The third lower GI endoscopy with a targeted biopsy, performed during menstruation, confirmed rectovaginal endometriosis. Case 2 involved a 38-year-old woman with hematochezia. Lower GI endoscopy during menstruation revealed rectovaginal endometriosis. When rectovaginal or bowel endometriosis is suspected, lower GI endoscopy and a targeted biopsy during menstruation can prevent unnecessary surgery.

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EndometriosisAdultBiopsyFemaleHumansMenstruationMiddle AgedRectumendometriosislower gastrointestinal endoscopymenstruationrectovaginal endometriosistargeted biopsy

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PMID33116009
PMCPMC8079915
OpenAlexW3097449949

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